Women's Cancers: Pathways to Healing: A Patient's Guide to Dealing with Ovarian and Breast Cancer

ISBN-13: 9781846284373 / Angielski / Miękka / 2008 / 138 str.

J. Richard Smith; Guiseppe Del Priore; Giuseppe del Priore

Opis

This book is designed, as the title Pathways to healing suggests, to allow you and your family ready access to all the information you require about your c- cer to allow you to understand the different directions your disease may take. It should allow you to realize the breadth of possible outcome from where you stand at the particular point in time when you buy the book, or as your disease progresses or not. This book has been written for you wherever you are in the disease, ranging from cured, to those that spend many years living with their cancer, to those who sadly die of their cancer. One of the greatest privileges working in the field of cancer care is meeting many wonderful people, some of who have very kindly written sections of this book. We do hope that by reading this book things may be a little clearer for you and at least some worries made lighter."

Recenzje

From the reviews:

"This is a concise guide to screening, diagnosis, and treatment of the most common female cancers. ... The book is intended for women diagnosed with female cancer and those who love and care for them. However, it also provides a concise resource for nursing professionals to reinforce important information regarding the disease processes of female cancers. ... This book is a useful addition to the genre."(Theresa M. Bacon, Doody's Review Service, March, 2009)

Spis treści

General Information.- General Introduction.- Anatomy Overview.- The 4-cusp Approach to Cancer Care.- General Concepts of Surgical Management.- Sex, Cancer, and Surgery.- Specific Cancers.- Cervical Cancer and Precancer (Cervical Intraepithelial Neoplasia).- Ovarian Cancer (Including Cancer of the Fallopian Tube).- Endometrial Cancer.- Vulval Cancer.- Breast Cancer.- Choriocarcinoma: Gestational Trophoblastic Neoplasia.- General Treatments and Care.- General Concepts of Chemotherapy and Radiotherapy.- Pain Management.- Complementary Therapies.- Bereavement/Grief.- Spiritual Approaches to Living with Cancer.- Conclusion.

Blurb

Women's Cancers: Pathway to Healing - A Patient’s Guide to Dealing Ovarian and Breast Cancer provides accurate information that combines both orthodox medical treatments, along with more complementary and esoteric therapies. Giving not only a valuable source of information and support to women with cancer, it also proves a useful resource for families and friends; helping them to understand the process of management and treatment. The book incorporates a useful and novel ‘4-cusp approach,’ which has proved very helpful to many women, both to themselves and also in allowing them to explain to their families where they are in the process. The ‘4-cusp approach’ is like a map for people with cancer.

Covering not only the medical, but also the emotional and psychological aspects of dealing with cancer, Pathways to Healing: A Patient’s Guide to Ovarian and Breast Cancer aims to help anyone struggling to come to terms with their own, or a loved one’s grief.

Richard Smith, MD, FRCOG, Consultant Gynecological Surgeon at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital and Honorary Gynecologist at Royal Brompton Hospital, UK amongst many others.

Dr Giuseppe Del Priore, Gynecologist specialising in cancer treatment. He works at New York University School of Medicine in New York City, USA and has a long standing interest in doctor-patient communication. He has been a pioneer in the field of fertility sparing surgery.